Shuttlecock.



S. SADLER. SHUTTLBGOCK. APPLICATION FILED NOV. 17, 1910 1,01 1,856,Patented Dec. 12,1911.

SAMUEL SADLER, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

SHUTTLECOCK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

' Patented Dec. 12, 1911.

Application filed November 17, 1910. Serial No. 592,825.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL SADLER, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing in the city of St. Louis and State of ouri, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Shuttlecocks, of whichthe following is a specification.

This invention relates to shuttle-cocks, and has for its primary objectto provide an improved combination and arrangement of parts in a deviceof this character.

Other and further objects will appear in the specification and bespecifically pointed out in the appended claims, reference beinghad tothe accompanying drawings exemplig the invention, and in which, Figure 1is a perspective view of the shut- Fig. 2 is a diametral section vation.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, the shuttle-cock comprisesa hollow ball 1 which is preferably constructed of rubber, and isprovided with a plurality of guiding vanes 2 in the form of featherswhich proiect outwardly from the outer surface of the all 1.

In order to provide convenient and eflicient means for securing thefeather vanes in position, the spherical wall/of said ball is ranged inorder corr on ing to the desired arrangement of the feather vanes. Andsaid feathers, after having the bare portions of their quills removed,are insertprovided with apertures or (perforations ared base endsforemost into said a ertures until said base ends are disposed tween thecenter of said ball and the inner wall thereof opposite said apertures,tions shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings. In these positions, the base endsof the quills serve as an abutment which prevents the spherical wall ofthe ball 1 being so far displaced as will occasion it to be collapsepermanently. From an inspection of Fig. 2, it will be noted that thoseportions of the vanes of the feathers serve to lock the feathers againstdisplacement.

What I claim is:

1. In a game of the character described, the combination with a rubberball provided with a plurality of spaced apertures in the spherical wallthereof, and feathers projecting through said apertures into said rubberball, said feathers. having a portion of the vane thereof within therubber ball to lock them into position therein.

a device of the character described, the combination with a hollowrubber ball provided with spaced apertures in the wall thereof, offeathers having their base ends projecting through said apertures, saidfeathers having portions of their vanes with in the ball .to lock themagainst being retracted and the base ends of said feathers beingdisposed between the center and the opposite interior wall of said ballto limit the inward deformation in the spherical wall of the ball.

SAMUEL SADLER. In the presence of 11011, J. B. Mneowx.

in the posi-.

